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William Stewart, 7, and Kristen Ortman, 10, squeeze lemons to make lemon bars during the Baking with Alex event at Feed'em Soup, 122 South First Street, DeKalb Tuesday evening. The event is held every second, fourth and fifth Tuesday of each month.

Feed ’em Soup hosts second ‘Baking with Chef Alex’

By Juliana Leprich | April 10, 2012

Young community members now have the chance to help make a meal for those in need. This new program, “Baking with Chef Alex,” had its second run at Feed ‘em Soup Tuesday night. The program was started as a way to get kids involved at Feed ‘em...

Gary Billings, 66, Dekalb, sorts donated food into bags at The
Salvation Army on 830 Grove Street in DeKalb Friday afternoon. They
will be hosting a Thanksgiving food drive next Tuesday at 9
a.m.

Local organizations offer donation, volunteer opportunities for the holidays

By Thomas Verschelde | November 22, 2011

DeKalb County offers many opportunities to give or volunteer this holiday season. From donating food to those less fortunate to volunteering at a soup kitchen, it is important to get involved and help out the community, said Samantha Hunt, secretary at...

$1,000 donation for Feed ‘Em Soup comes as a surprise for organization

By Hailey Kurth | November 9, 2011

DeKalb charity organization Feed 'Em Soup was pleasantly surprised Sunday when they logged onto their Facebook page and saw a local business decided to donate $1,000 to the organization and challenged others to donate also. Great Clips Owner Rita Hutchins...

On Oct. 26, Feed 'Em Soup will move to a new location at 122 S.
First St. This is the first time the organization will have its own
location.

Feed ‘Em Soup moves into new home Oct. 26

By Ryan Felgenhauer | October 17, 2011

Local nonprofit organization Feed ‘Em Soup will open a new location Oct. 26. The group will move to its own location, 122 S. First St. in DeKalb, from its previous space at First Lutheran Church, 324 N. First St. "We have a great new location," said...

Local group aims to fight starvation

By Chelsey Boutan | October 17, 2011

Outreach and Engagement Associate Andrew Pemberton's parents taught him the importance of helping people in the community. Today, that sense of volunteerism hasn't left. Pemberton helped organize NIU's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge...

Sycamore resident Becky Wardlow is in the running for a national
contest, sponsored by Walgreens, to win one ton of candy and a cash
prize.

Sycamore woman reaches semi-finals in national Walgreens sponsored contest

By Courtney Schmitt | October 13, 2011

Sycamore resident Becky Wardlow is in the running for a national contest to win one ton of Halloween candy and a cash prize sponsored by Walgreens and Hershey's. As a semi-finalist, Wardlow was awarded a $300 Walgreens gift card to decorate her house...

Public votes Feed ‘Em Soup as winner of new car

By Ryan Felgenhauer | September 28, 2011

Toyota awarded local charity Feed ‘Em Soup a Toyota Sienna Wednesday. Toyota will give away 100 cars to 100 nonprofit organizations based on several criteria. First, Toyota judges chose 500 finalists from the original 3,000 applicants, said Joe Van...

Let them eat soup

By Ryan Felgenhauer | September 20, 2011

DeKalb area charity Feed ‘Em Soup will hold a food drive with DeKalb area police departments. The food drive will benefit the table Feed ‘Em Soup sets up for those who attend their biweekly community meals. "The table is a portable food pantry," said...

People gather at Feed 'em Soup at First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St. The organization plans to expand when it relocates to The Church in DeKalb, 122 S. First St.

Feed ’em Soup gets bigger with new location

By Thomas Verschelde | May 4, 2011

DeKALB | The Feed'em Soup Community Project teamed up with The Church in DeKalb, 122 S. First St., to provide food for more people, according to a press release. With this partnership, Feed'em Soup is going to have a bigger kitchen, which means more food...

Danny Cozzi | Northern Star
People gather at Feed 'em Soup Wednesday night at First Lutheran Chuch in DeKalb. Alexis Weber was a volunteer for Feed 'em Soup.

Local soup kitchen honors crash victims

By Danny Cozzi | February 24, 2011

A memorial service was held by Feed ‘em Soup at the First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St. for Alexis "Lexi" Weber and Timothy Getzelman. Both died in a car accident Monday night. The memorial event was held at the soup kitchen from 5 to 7 p.m. on...

Feed ‘Em Soup serves community

By Meaghen Harms | February 10, 2011

David Lumpkin had an idea to help the DeKalb community.Along with friends, that idea became Feed ‘Em Soup Community Project, a nonprofit organization serving the DeKalb and Sycamore communities. "This is an opportunity for us to serve people who don't...